Google Maps
81
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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This app dominates the navigation category, directly competing with Apple Maps, Waze, and smaller regional mapping solutions. Its massive user base, evidenced by millions of ratings, signals an established, mature product with outstanding market penetration. The minimal estimated monthly revenue, despite its widespread adoption, confirms its free monetization strategy and highlights its role as a platform-level utility rather than a direct revenue generator. For navigation apps, a common monetization observation is the reliance on indirect revenue streams, such as location-based advertising or partnerships with businesses for featured listings. Direct in-app purchases or subscriptions are rare for core navigation functionality, with most revenue coming from data monetization or integration into broader service ecosystems. This app exemplifies that model, leveraging its user data and platform integration rather than direct user payments.
BU Score 81 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$5.0M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.1M – $6.8M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$5.7M – $8.6M
per month
MEGA tier
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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
81 snapshots on record
Rating
4.7
Reviews
7,366,822 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0M
Snapshots tracked
81
since Apr 2026
🤖Also on Android
$212/mo · 19.5M ratings · 3.2★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$110K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $80K – $150K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in under a month at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (474 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$18K |
Total estimate
$110K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$83.0M
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $62.5M – $108.0M · 17× MRR multiple
💸
~755× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
| 🏷 News category multiple | -5% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
884.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
132.5M
Daily active
59.5M
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+1.5% MoM · MEGA tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.9M – $6.0M
12 months
$5.1M – $6.8M
24 months
$5.7M – $8.6M
Compound growth at +1.5% MoM (tier baseline for MEGA). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±10% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 62/100MEGA TIERcompetitive but cautiousRevenue Strength
6.7
Product Quality
9.3
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
7.5
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
8.4
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $2.0M - $10.0M/mo · MEGA tier · low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.67★ across 7,366,822 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $90.0M-$160.0M.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (7,366,822 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| worth every pennyREVIEW | +$2,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (42 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v26.37.2
Thanks for using Google Maps! This release brings bug fixes that improve our product to help you discover new places and navigate to them.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Google Maps
- Developer
- Bundle ID
- com.google.Maps
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- SQ, AR, HY, AZ, MY, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, KA, DE, EL, HE, HI, HU, ID, IT, JA, KO, LT, MS, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, SR, ZH, SK, ES, SW, SV, TH, ZH, TR, UK, UZ, VI
Company
- Website
- maps.google.com
- Tagline
- Bevor Sie zu Google weitergehen
- Description
- Not found
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Not found
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $5.0M/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇮🇳#21 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth7,347,967 ratings+2% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution1 of 9 markets
🇮🇳
IN
Top-grossing rank: #21 / 100
Other markets
Outside top 100
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
in US, GB, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN
This app currently ranks in only one of the 9 markets we monitor. Niche or regional apps often launch this way before global rollout. Rankings update daily.
📊Category Rank Trajectory#21 now · best #21 · worst #21
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter15 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline8 releases tracked
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
Explore and navigate the world with confidence using Google Maps. Find the best routes with live traffic data and real-time GPS navigation for driving, walking, cycling, and public transport. Discover over 250 million businesses and places - from restaurants and shops to everyday essentials – with photos, reviews, and helpful information.
Navigate the world, the way you want:
• Get to where you need to go with fuel-efficient route options
• Find the best route with real-time, turn-by-turn voice, and on screen navigation… View full description on the official store →
Navigate the world, the way you want:
• Get to where you need to go with fuel-efficient route options
• Find the best route with real-time, turn-by-turn voice, and on screen navigation… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 474 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v26.37.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 SQ, AR, HY, AZ, MY +37📂 News💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
18 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v26.31.5 → v26.33.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +46,534 high confidence
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v26.31.4 → v26.31.5
→ 30 days after: reviews +63,192 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.30.3 → v26.31.4
→ 30 days after: reviews +63,192 low · multiple changes
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.30.2 → v26.30.3
→ 30 days after: reviews +70,470 low · multiple changes
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.29.1 → v26.30.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +70,470 low · multiple changes
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.28.0 → v26.29.1
→ 30 days after: revenue +$212/mo · reviews +35,749 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.27.2 → v26.28.0
→ 30 days after: revenue +$212/mo · reviews +41,773 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.26.3 → v26.27.2
→ 30 days after: revenue +$212/mo · reviews +48,941 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.25.3 → v26.26.3
→ 30 days after: revenue +$212/mo · reviews +51,928 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.24.1 → v26.25.3
→ 30 days after: revenue +$212/mo · reviews +48,044 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.23.5 → v26.24.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +50,025 low · multiple changes
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.23.4 → v26.23.5
→ 30 days after: reviews +48,562 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.22.2 → v26.23.4
→ 30 days after: reviews +49,043 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v26.21.1 → v26.22.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +47,358 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v26.20.4 → v26.21.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +51,127 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v26.19.2 → v26.20.4
→ 30 days after: reviews +44,975 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v26.19.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +124,494 medium · co-occurring
2026-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +88,428 high confidence
🔎
ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #4Ranked for 3 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
offline maps·#4🇺🇸metro maps·#10🇺🇸trip planner·#33🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.66843★ | 7,375,855 | 4.66843★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.66045★ | 978,344 | 4.66045★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.60973★ | 933,359 | 4.60973★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.5809★ | 807,096 | 4.5809★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.52233★ | 1,777,485 | 4.52233★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.61514★ | 861,441 | 4.61514★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.64128★ | 498,886 | 4.64128★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.83427★ | 1,475,163 | 4.83427★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.70603★ | 2,375,236 | 4.70603★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Google Maps: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why high confidence: 7,366,822 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
7 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Google Maps make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Google Maps earns approximately $5.0M/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
Is Google Maps profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $110K and monthly revenue $5.0M, Google Maps looks highly profitable — pays back its build investment in under a month at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Google Maps have?▴
Estimated audience: ~884.0M lifetime downloads, ~132.5M monthly active users, and ~59.5M daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.
What apps are like Google Maps?▴
Browse the full News category catalog to find similar apps with revenue, build cost, audience and tech stack data. Each /p/{slug} page also shows a Compare side-by-side widget with three peer apps from the same niche.
How much would Google Maps sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $83.0M (marketplace range $62.5M – $108.0M). Calculated as 17× monthly revenue using the standard multiple for the detected monetization model + adjustments for age, rating quality and category demand. Calibrated against 2024-2026 Flippa / Acquire.com / MicroAcquire closed-deal medians.
Who makes Google Maps?▴
Google Maps is published by Google on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is Google Maps's BU Score?▴
Google Maps has a BU Score of 81/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.